Reported barriers to eating more fruit and vegetables before and after participation in a randomized controlled trial: a qualitative study.

This qualitative study compares the barriers to eating more fruit and vegetables reported before and after participation in a 6-month randomized controlled trial in primary care. At the initial intervention appointment of a primary care intervention to promote eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day, participants were asked to identify the barriers that they thought they might encounter. Barriers were discussed again at the final appointment 6 months later.

Do referrals from primary dental care for treatment using general anaesthesia comply with General Dental Council guidelines?

Objectives: To investigate the quality of information in referrals for patients aged under 16 years referred for dental extraction under general anaesthesia (GA), to ascertain the knowledge and expectations of the parents of these patients, and to determine whether the number of teeth extracted in secondary care coincides with that of the referring dentist.

Design: Retrospective study of referrals of all patients aged under 16 years referred to community dental clinics in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire over a 26-day period.

Results: The majority (62.

Evaluation of a pilot hands-on course in surgical dentistry for primary care dental practitioners in Oxfordshire.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a course in surgical dentistry on the confidence of 32 general dental practitioners, each of whom attended a one-day hands-on course.

Design: Questionnaire survey.

Setting: General dental practitioners attending a course on surgical dentistry, which was run over a day, for eight participants per day.